Citation: PENG Bingxian, WANG Xiaoli, LIU Ruihan, ZHOU Aihong. Degradation of Ammonia-Nitrogen in Wastewater by TiO₂/Pumice Photocatalyst under Solar Light[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry, ;2017, 34(8): 946-954. doi: 10.11944/j.issn.1000-0518.2017.08.160474 shu

Degradation of Ammonia-Nitrogen in Wastewater by TiO₂/Pumice Photocatalyst under Solar Light

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College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China
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Yanbei Middle School of Yongfeng County, Ji'an, Jiangxi 331504, China
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Jiangxi Diyuan Drainage and Water Quality Detection Company Limited, Nanchang 330025, China

Corresponding author: PENG Bingxian, pbingxian@163.com
Received Date: 24 November 2016
Revised Date: 3 January 2017
Accepted Date: 12 February 2017

Fund Project: Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province No.20142BAB203020Supported by Scientific and Technological Plan Project of Jiangxi Province(No.20141BBG70008), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province(No.20142BAB203020)Scientific and Technological Plan Project of Jiangxi Province No.20141BBG70008

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Photocatalytic degradation of ammonia-nitrogen in simulated wastewater was investigated by the TiO₂/pumice photocatalyst under solar light. TiO₂ prepared by the sol-gel method was used as the photocatalyst and immobilized on porous pumice granules. To optimize the photocatalytic reaction, the effect of the initial concentration of ammonia-nitrogen, pH, reaction time and catalyst loading on the ammonia-nitrogen degradation rate were investigated in an aerated reactor. Also, the morphology and chemical structure properties of the prepared catalysts were characterized by scanning electron microscopy(SEM), X-ray fluorescence spectrometer(XRF) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FT-IR) analyses. The experimental results indicate that the coating ratio of TiO₂ on pumice is 3.71%; the ammonia-nitrogen degradation rate is increased by increasing the pH value, time of solar light irradiation and dose of TiO₂/pumice. After solar light irradiation for 180 min, a high degradation rate of 82.0% and a removal rate of 86.8% are achieved under 500 mg/L ammonia-nitrogen, pH 11 and 30 g/L TiO₂/pumice. Moreover, the NO₂^- and NO₃^- pollutes are not found in degradation products. The photocatalyst can be reused at least three consecutive times with about 10.0% decrease on the ammonia-nitrogen degradation rate. The results suggest that the photocatalytic purification by photocatalysis is a rapid, low consumed and effective method for the degradation of ammonia-nitrogen in wastewater.
- solar light,
- photocatalyst,
- TiO₂/pumice,
- degradation,
- ammonia-nitrogen
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